inflate
Meaning of inflate
- fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.
never use an air line on a garage forecourt to inflate your tyres
- increase (something) by a large or excessive amount.
objectives should be clearly set out so as not to duplicate work and inflate costs
- bring about inflation of (a currency) or in (an economy).
he has inflated the money supply to allow companies to continue in their old ways
late Middle English: from Latin inflat- ‘blown into’, from the verb inflare, from in- ‘into’ + flare ‘to blow’.
Information about inflate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of inflate is: inflates.
- Languages in which inflate is used:
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Hyphenation of inflate
in-flate
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- inflate is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
inflate synonyms
Meaning blow up:
Meaning balloon:
Meaning (of a liquid) made effervescent by being charged with carbon dioxide or some other gas:
Meaning cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:
Meaning make or become wider, larger, or more open:
Meaning swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated:
Meaning (of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking:
Meaning being or having been enlarged or extended:
Meaning cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid:
Meaning having become or been made larger:
Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:
Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:
Meaning lift or move to a higher position or level:
Meaning help or encourage (something) to increase or improve:
Meaning increase rapidly:
Meaning elevated to a higher position or level; lifted:
Meaning of great vertical extent:
Meaning more than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate:
Meaning not guided by or based on good sense:
Meaning not justified or authorized:
Meaning too large or too small in comparison with something else:
Meaning (of a law or rule) forbidding or restricting something:
Meaning shockingly bad or excessive:
Meaning (of a price or value) excessive:
Meaning (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high:
Meaning (of a price) much too high; exorbitant:
Meaning (of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular:
inflate antonyms
Meaning having been emptied of air or gas:
Meaning make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree:
Meaning make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected:
Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:
Meaning of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground:
Translation of inflate
Words that rhyme with inflate
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